Improvement in paper boxes



J. R. VAN VECHTEN.

PAPER BOX.

Patented Dec. 19, 1876.

THE GRAPH IC C0. NY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JUN [US R. VAN VEGHTEN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 185.598, dated December19, 1876; application filed September 19, 1676.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J UNIUs R. VAN VEOH- TEN, of the city of Brooklyn,in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Paper Boxes; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, which forms part of thisspecification.

This invention consists in a novel construction of the heads and mode offitting the same within the shell or sides of the box, whereby I amenabled to produce not only a very neat paper or pasteboard box, butalso a very strong one, and the heads are prevented from being forcedinto the shell or sides of the box. Said boxes may either be of acylindrical form or of a polygonal shape in their transverse section,and may, if desired, be used as blocks for winding silk and other ribbonon.

Figure 1 represents a mainly sectional longitudinal view of a paper boxof a cylindrical form, constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig.2 is a transverse section of one of the heads of said box in the courseof its construction; Fig. 3, a similar section of said head whenfinished, and Fig. 4 an interior face view thereof.

A is a cylindrical shell or body, having open ends, and made ofpasteboard or paper, in the ordinary or any suitable manner oi makingtubular pasteboard or paper bodies of various kinds. B B are the headsof said box, also made of pasteboard or paper. These heads are of a cupshape or construction, being formed with an inner rim, I), and an outerflange, c, and may be formed by first cupping a disk of pasteboard orpaper into the form shown in Fig. 2, and afterward further shaping itand throwing out the flange, as shown in Fig. 3. This may be done bysubstantially similar means as are now employed for making the flangedheads of metallic cartridges. The rimmed or cupped portion 1) of eitherhead should be of a size to fit snugly within the shell or sides of thebox, and the flanges c of a size to abut against the ends of said shell.

Both heads may be permanently secured to their places by glue or cement,within and against the ends of the shell, after the box has been packedwith its contents, and when it is required to hermetically seal the boxfor preserving purposes; or only one of said heads may be thus secured,and the other head made removable; or both heads may be removable, ifdesired; or, again, one of said heads only may be removable, and made toform a lid by constructing its rim of the same diameter, or thereabout,as the main body or shell of the box, and fitting and cementing said rimwithin a short paper shell or band, of a suitable size to fit over themain body or shell of the box, and which, when in place, virtually formsa portion of the main body or shell.

The construction and mode of fitting, herein described, of thepasteboard or paper heads within the shell or sides of the box, bothbody and lid, or either, with the flange of the head abutting againstthe ends of the shell, insures not only a neatness ot' finish to thebox, but materially stiii'ens the shell, and makes it impossible for theheads to be forced into the shell.

By forming the cupped portion of the heads so as to fit within thecylinder, and their flanges of a width equal only to the thickness ofthe wall of the shell, I am enabled to produce a paper or pasteboard boxso that its exterior surface, including the edge of the flanges ot' thecup-shaped heads, will be perfectly flush with each other--a greatdesideratum in a box, especially where designed that a number of thesame are to be supplied with labels over their entire surface, or silkor ribbons wound upon the same.

I claim- In combination with the paper or pasteboard shell forming thebody of the box, the paper or pasteboard heads l5 l5, constructed withthe rims b b, to tit within the shell, and with the flanges c c, to abutagainst the top edge of the shell, said flange projecting outwardly adistance equal to the width of the shell, so that its edge will be flushwith the outside of said shell, as herein shown, and for the purposespecified.

J UNlUS 1t. VAN VEOHTEN.

Witnesses:

BENJAMIN W. HOFFMAN, FRED. HAYNES.

